Results for: representation
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Also.Also.Also: Your Nacho Cheese is a Lie and Other Stories We Missed
Lip Smackers, Black Brunch, TLC, your period, Taylor Swift, the cops don’t give a fuck, I’m sorry we don’t have a Haim tag, a review of “Girlhood,” a lack of nacho cheese, Julia Nunes being acoustic, Missy Elliot being perfect and so much more!
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Fan Fiction Friday: 8 Femslash Writers You Need to Know
“I struggled with my sexuality for a long time and I think it would have been so much easier if I’d seen someone like me on TV or in a movies or in books. Femslash fan fiction gave me that; the stories I read showed I wasn’t alone because other people had to think like me if they’re writing about this stuff.”
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Orange Is the New Black Episode 306 Recap: All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter
Chang has a lot of secrets. The main one is she’s a total badass!
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: How Do You Stay Warm?
You could go outside in 80 layers or you could get inside this week’s open thread.
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The Comment Awards Are Donning Their Gay Apparel
More fun than a sleigh full of wombats and wine.
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Rebel Girls: 9 Badass Black Feminists and Their Books That Shook the World
These women changed feminism forever with their scholarship. Let’s vow to never forget their names.
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Fan Fiction Friday: 7 Fried Green Tomatoes Stories to Wet Your Whistle
“Ruth lifts her head, smiles demure and sweet, her lips swollen with kissing. ‘Can’t miss a chance to minister to a heathen like you, Idgie.'”
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Marissa Alexander To Be Released from Jail; Struggle for Justice Continues
On January 27th, activists from around the country will converge on Jacksonville and in their home cities to stand in solidarity with Alexander on the day of her release and bring visibility to women who have been targeted for their resilience and survival.
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Glee Episode 603 Recap: To Infinity And Beyond
Brittany and Santana are going to the chapel, y’all. They’re gonna get married!
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Salem Episodes 7 and 8 Recap: F*ck Colonialism
Maybe girl-on-girl action is like the antenna that boosts magical Wi-Fi. (That was an alcohol-inspired thought.)
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Drawn to Comics’ One-Year Anniversary Presents The First Annual Autostraddle Comic and Sequential Art Awards
The goal of the Autostraddle Comic and Sequential Art Awards is to recognize and celebrate positive representation for queer women and feminist issues in comics, webcomics and graphic novels.
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Lesbians Who Tech’s Second Summit Features Kara Swisher and Marc Benioff in a Dialogue About Diversity
Can one lesbian journalist and one straight, white cis man form the right kind of odd couple to keynote the queer women in technology conference’s second annual installment?
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Glee Episodes 612-613 Recaps: Last Stop On The Midnight Train
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and now it’s over.
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Lez Liberty Lit #62: Piles and Piles of Pages
Marginalia, feminist shelfies, expanding the queer canon, 2014 in queer diversity in YA and more.
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Ela Darling On The Future Of Virtual Reality Porn: The Autostraddle Interview
“If people have a way to view entertainment, they’re going to want to jerk off with it.”
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You Should Go: “In the Turn” at Seattle’s Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
In the Turn is a documentary about a 10-year-old transgender girl who finds acceptance and empowerment in the company of queer roller derby collective, The Vagine Regime.
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Transparent Episode 101 Recap: The Family That Eats Ribs Together
An exasperated trans woman and her three narcissistic kids walk into a bar.
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Boob(s On Your) Tube: Everyone Is Gay And Nothing Hurts
We’re back with our weekly column about all the queer stuff that’s happening on television that we don’t have time to recap!
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Grey’s Anatomy Episode 1112 Recap: This Is Her Song, So Get Off The Stage And Let Her Sing It
Arizona and Callie smile for the first time in ages, while Bailey teaches her husband how to act when a family member comes out as trans.
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Top Chef’s Melissa King: The Autostraddle Interview
We convinced her to share her top secret tips for cooking perfect scrambled eggs!